Daniel brown



(No Model.) Y

D. BROWN.

CARTRIDGE RBLOADING'IMPLEMBNT.. No.A 329,135. Patented Oct. 27, 1885.

WITNESEIEE.

UNITED STAT-Es rien.'

PATENT CARTRvllDGE-RELOADING IMPLEM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'NO. 329,135, dated October 27, 1885.

Application led July 10, 1885.

.To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL BROWN, of Johnston, in the county of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in `Tools f( r Loading and Reloading CartridgeShells; and I declare the following to be a specification thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. i

`Like letters indicate like parts.

Figure lis a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 shows, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section, the tool as used in removing an exploded primer. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the tool, showing its use in seating the primer. Fig. 4 shows, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section, the tool as used in seating the bullet in the shell. Fig. 5 is aside elevation of my invention, illustrating the operation of the tool in expelling the l cartridge when loaded. Fig. 6 is the front end elevation of thc tool.

My invention is adapted for the loading and reloading of the metallic shells of pistol and riiie cartridges; and it consists of a combination of several working parts, as hereinafter particularly described, and specifically mentioned in the claims, whereby the operations of capping, uncapping, and loading cartridge-shells are performed by a single implement, instead of by separate tools for each purpose, as heretofore common.

. Construction: Ahandle, A, is bifurcated, as shown at a a in Fig. 6. It has a vertical groove, b, a transverse slot, c, and` two sloping seats, d @,which `are best shown in Figs. 2 and 6. -A supporting-block, B, has the following appendages: a stud, C, a tube or sleeve, D, and two prongs or jaws, E. The handle A is pivoted to the block B by the pin f. A handle or lever, F, whose upper end is bent at a right angle, is mounted upon the pin f, which pin, passing through the handles AF and block B, holds said parts together. rlhe shorter arm, G, of the lever F is reduced in width about onehalf, as is most plainly shown in Fig. 2, and is provided with a set-screw, g. The stud C is made of a sufficient diameter to fit the interior of the cartridge-shell, and near its junction with the supporting-block B its diameter enlarges upwardly, as shown in the several figures, to give it the form of a truncated cone.

Serial No. 171,248. (No model.)

The stud C has a central bore through which extends the expelling-pin h. As shown in Fig. 2, the pin h is reduced in diameter at its lower end, and at its upper end has a knob or head which prevents it from falling out. The tube or sleeve D at its lower end has the inwardly-projecting or annular beveled lip i. (Seenl in Fig. 2.) A movable chamber, H, whoselower edge is beveled, as shown in Fig. 2, is mounted upon the lever F by the Vpivot j, and has a longitudinal sliding movement within and along the sleeve D, which movement is imparted to it by the action of the lever F. The interior of the chamber His best shown in Fig. 4, by which it is seen that its bore is conical at top. The lever Fis slotted in the inclined and peculiar form shown in Figs. 2 and 4 for the reception of thepin j. Shoulders m are made on the inner surfaces of the bifurcations a of the handle A, and these serve as stops to limit in either direction the inward swinging ofthe block B. These shoul ders are shown in front elevation in Fig. 6, and by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3.

Operation: The operation of removing an exploded primer is illustrated in Fig. 2. The cartridge-shell is slipped upon the stud C, while the tool is in the position shown in Fig. l. By 'raising the lever F the supportingblock B is swung inwardly to the position shown in Fig.v 2, which brings the base of the cartridge-shell upon the seat d.' By still further raisingthe lever Fitsshort arm G presses down the expellingpin h, the lower or smaller end of which passes through the central vent.

of the anvil of the shell and forces out the exploded primer from the pocket. The cap thus expelled falls out through the `groove b, as

shown in Fig. 2. The angular slope of the y seat d gives a wedge-like action to drive the shell farther up on the stud C as it swings inwardly, and this movement expands the mouth or rim of the shell, if bent, and restores itto a true circular shape to receive the ball again.

To insert a new primer, I enter it with the fingers in thepocket of the shell and then place the shell in the position shown in Fig. 3. The jaws E of the block B thus embrace the shell above its flange, while the arm G bears up against the shell beneath. By bringing the handles A F together the cap is forced into the pocket ofthe shell. The setscrewg presses IOO vIO

against the cap to seat it in place, and being adjustable can be regulated to force in the cap to the desired depth. As cartridge-shells of different makes vary in the depth of the primer-pocket, it is important to have the capseating surface adjustable. I for that reason use. a set-screw.

To seat the bullet in the shell, I enter the bulletin the mouth ofthe shell with the fingers before placing the cartridge in the loadingchamber, andinsert the cartridge through the open end of the tubeD up into the bore of the chamber H, when the 'tool is in the position shown in Fig. 2. I then swing the supporting-block B inwardly, and thereby bring the anged end of the shell upon the seat e of the handle A, as seen in Fig. 4. By pressing upon the lever F the chamber H descends into, the tube D as far as the lip i, and surrounds and slides over and along the shell until the conical part ofthe bore engages with the ball and then forces it into the shell. y

In order to obtain the great pressure requisite for properly seating the ball in the shell, I make a slot in the lever F of the shape shown at 7c in Figs. 2 and 4. By having the bearing at the top of the slot on an incline the friction of the chamber H on the tube Dis lessened at the point where the greatest strain is required--namely, at thelatterpart of its motion as it descends-and by the inclination of the slot the leverage is also increasedV atthe same point. A round or horizontal slot would cramp the chamber H when at that point, and would not counteract the friction caused by the tendency of the chamber toward the pivot, and would not allow the proportionally longer sweep of the lever F, which the inclined slot permits. The reason of such increase of leverage is because the chamber H travels relatively a less distance in proportion to the sweep of the lever F, and consequently gains power.

To expel the loaded cartridge from the chamber H, the lever F is ra-ised,which with` draws the chamber within the tube D. 'The annular lip i bearing against the flange ofthe ywithdrawn from it.

shell holds it in position while the chamber is The power is thus applied directly in a straight line, and the lip i tting loosely allows the cartridge to drop out, as sho-wn in Fig. 5. v

I claim"`a1s a novel and useful invention,and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a., cartridge implement, the combination of the bifurcated handle A, having the inclined seat d, the lever F, the swinging supvporting-block B, pivoted to said handle and lever, and the stud C, conically enlarged in diameter at its upper portion for the purpose of properly shaping the open end of a cartridge-shell, substantially as specified.

' 2. In a cap-seating cartridgetool, the cornbination of the block B, having jaws E, and the lever F, pivoted to said block, and having its arm G provided with a set-screw adjustable in said arm, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the bifurcated handle A, having the seat c, the block B, pivoted at f to said handle A,and having thetube D, the lever F, pivoted at f to said handle A, and the chamber H, mounted upon thelever F by the described.

shell-extracting device, consisting of the combination of the bifurcated handle A, the block B, pivoted at f to said handle A, the tube F, pivoted atf to said-handle A and block B, and the chamber H, mounted upon the lever 'F by the pivot j, and movable longitudinally in said tube D, and having its lower end beveled externally, substantially as specified.

' 6. The combined cartridge capping, uncapping, and loading implement herein described, consisting of the bifurcated and grooved han- -dle A, having the inclined seatsd e, the block jaws E, the centrally-bored stud C, through which extends the expelling pin h, the lipped tube D, the lever F, pivoted atf to said handle A and block B, and having a cap-seating lever F by the pinj, substantially as specied.

7. The combination of the bifurcated and grooved handle A, having the angular seat d, the swinging block B, pivoted at f to the handle A, having the centrally-'bored stud C, through which extends longitudinally the expelling-pin h, the lever F, pivoted to the handle A and block B at f, and having an arm, G, to swing the block B inwardly, so

and also to operate the expelling-'pin h, substantially as described.

DANIEL BROWN.

Witnesses:

WM. B. W. HALLETT,

WARREN R. PERCE.

pivot y',and movable longitudinally in the tube bullet in the cartridge-shell, substantially as 5. In a cartridge implement, the cartridgei D, having the annular beveled lip z', the lever l' B, pivoted to the handle A at f, and having thel i arm, G, and the chamber H, mounted on said f IIO --4 as to bring a cartridge-shell upon the seat d, 

